Wag on-standard



(No Model.)

B FOUTREL WAGON STANDARD.

No. 573,458. Patented Dec. 22,1896.

PATENT FFIQE.

EMILE FOUTREL, .OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

WAGON-STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,458, dated December22, 1896.

Application filed May 22, 1896. Serial No. 592,579. (No model.)

To (LU 1077,0722 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILE FOUTREL, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful 'lvagomstandard, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in wagon-standards.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwagon-standards and to provide asimple, inexpensive, and efficient one,possessing great strength and durability and adapted to fold compactlywhen a wagon-body is removed to enable the run hing-gear to receive aload of heavy timber or a platform for carrying other heavy loads.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bolster providedwith standards constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view of one side thereof. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the bolster, the standards and braces being folded. Fig. 4is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a metal bar secured to the upper face of a bolster 2,terminating short of the ends thereof and having its terminals 3 bentupward vertically and forming s upports, to which are hinged metalstandards 4; but these supports may be constructed in any other suitablemanner, if desired, such as by providing separate plates or piecesinstead of having the bar 1 continuous. The upwardlyextending ends 3 ofthe bar 1 are bifurcated and provided at opposite sides of thebifurcation with eyes. The lower ends of the standards are provided witheyes which are arranged between those of the ends 3 of the bar 1, andthe standards are hinged to the short supports of the bar 1 by means ofbolts 5 or other suitable fastening devices, forming pintles andarranged in the registering eyes of the supports and the standards.

position by inwardly-inclined braces 6, ar-

ranged in pairs at each end of the bolster,pivoted at their lower ends 7to the same, and detachably secured at their upper ends to the tops ofthe standards by removable fastening devices 8. The fastening devicespass through eyes of the upper ends of the standards and throughperforations of the braces 6, which consist of flat bars and which areadapted to swing downward on the opposite faces of the bolster, asillustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings. When the braces arefolded, they are supported out of the way by hooks 9, arranged atopposite sides of the bolster. 1

WVhen the parts are folded, the bolster is adapted to receive aplatform,such as is employed when a running-gear is used for hauling machineryand other heavy loads, and

. the short supports will not extend above the upper face of such aplatform. The bolster is also adapted to support logs or timbers withoutemploying a platform.

The ends of the bolster are prevented from splitting by bands or clips10, and the fastening devices 5 and 8 secure loops 11 and 12 to the endsof the standards. These loops,which are provided with perforations forthe reception of the fastening devices, are adapted to receive stakesfor increasing the length of the standards to enable the vehicle toincrease its load.

It will be seen that the standards are simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that they possess great strength anddurability and are firmly supported in an upright position by thebraces, and that the parts are adapted to fold compactly when awagon-body is not employed and when it is desired to place a platform onthe runninggear in place of the body.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the ad vantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described, the

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combination of a bolster provided with a support, a folding standardhinged to the same, an inclined 'brace pivoted at its lower endto thebolster, detachably secured at its other end to the top of the standardand adapted to swing downward below the upper face of the bolster, andmeans for supporting the brace when it is folded, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bolsterprovided with a support, a vertical standard hinged to the support'andadapted to swing downward on the bolster in folding, inclined bracesarranged in pairs, located at opposite sides of the bolster and pivotedat their lower ends to the same, the upper ends of the bracesbeingdetachably secured to the top of the standard,

and stake-receivin g loops arranged at the top and bottom of thestandard, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a bolster, a bar secured to the upper face of the bolsterand having its ends bent vertically and provided with eyes, verticalstandards provided at their upper and lower ends with fastening devicespassing through the lower eyes of the standards and the eyes of the barand hingin g the standards to the latter, inclined braces arranged inpairs at opposite sides of the bolster pivoted at their lower ends tothe same and provided at their upper ends with perforations, fasteningdevices passing through the perforations of the braces and the uppereyes of the standards and detachably connecting the parts,stake-receiving loops provided with perforations receiving the saidfastening devices, whereby they are secured to the top and bottom of thestandards, and hooks mounted on the opposite faces of the bolster andarranged to receive the braces when the latter are folded, substantiallyas described.

at. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bolsterprovided with a sup port, a vertically-disposed standard hinged at itslower end to the same and adapted to fold downward and outward upon theupper face of the standard, and the inclined brace pivoted at its lowerend to the bolster, detachably secured at its other end to the stan dardand adapted to swing inward and downward below the upper face of thebolster, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMILE FOUTREL. lVitnesses:

FRED. HERFFY,

ALFRED DUERLER.

